Name: Facklamia miroungae Hoyles et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.roung’ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. miroungae, of Mirounga, named because the organism was isolated from the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A/G13/99/2; CCUG 42728; CIP 106764

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16S rRNA gene: AJ277381 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hoyles L, Foster G, Falsen E, Thomson LF, Collins MD. Facklamia miroungae sp. nov., from a juvenile southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1401-1403.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Facklamia Collins et al. 1997

Assigned by: Hoyles L, Foster G, Falsen E, Thomson LF, Collins MD. Facklamia miroungae sp. nov., from a juvenile southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1401-1403.

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Record number: 783828